International Affairs and Defence: ESRC Thematic Research Lead

国际事务和国防议会专题研究负责人将嵌入英国议会的专题政策中心，与议会工作人员一起工作。这一领导作用将把研究视角带入专责委员会、图书馆和邮政总局开展的工作。该职位将包括领导地平线扫描和未来工作，并支持议会工作人员采取战略方法来规划他们的工作方案，包括支持委员会研究兴趣领域的发展。专题研究负责人将确定议会学术研究员的未来需求，以及学者和专题中心成员之间共同制作简报的机会。他们将连接和扩展他们的网络（包括研究、学术团体和工业），以支持议会活动，并将与政府CSA网络团队的成员保持联系。专题研究领导的一个关键作用将是与ESRC和UKRI联络，以增加ESRC和UKRI投资的议会影响，并将议会的见解分享给ESRC和UKRI。专题研究主管将协助确定中心成员的技能和经验需求以及相关的发展和培训机会。它们还将有助于确定议会内外借调、安置或人员交流的机会。除了在中心工作之外，专题研究负责人还将与其他专题研究负责人会面，以确定跨领域的机会或问题，并制定战略对策，分享信息、学习、见解和最佳实践。

The Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead on International Affairs and Defence will be embedded in the thematic policy hub in the UK Parliament, working alongside parliamentary staff. This lead role will bring the research perspective to work carried out by select committees, Libraries and POST.The role will include leading horizon scanning and futures work and supporting parliamentary staff to take a strategic approach to planning their work programmes, including supporting the development of committee Areas of Research Interest.The Thematic Research Lead will identify upcoming needs for Parliamentary Academic Fellows and opportunities for coproduction of briefings between academics and members of the thematic hubs. They will connect and expand their networks (including research, learned societies and industry) to support parliamentary activities and will liaise with those in the Government CSA Network team.A key role for the Thematic Research Lead will be to liaise with ESRC and UKRI to enable the increased parliamentary impact of ESRC and UKRI investments and to share insights from Parliament back to ESRC and UKRI.The Thematic Research Lead will support with identifying the skills and experience needs of members of the hub and relevant development and training opportunities. They will also help to identify opportunities for secondments, placements or people-exchanges both intoand out of Parliament. Beyond working in the hub, the Thematic Research Lead will meet with the other Thematic Research Leads to identify cross-cutting opportunities or issues and develop strategic responses, share information, learning, insights and best practice.